Dick Pollard (footballer)
# Dick Pollard (footballer)

Allan William "Dick" Pollard (25 June 1913 – 10 November 1966) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

## Family

The son of Joseph William Pollard (1871–1940) and Alice Sophia Pollard (1877–1947), née Jones, Allan William Pollard was born at Korumburra, Victoria, on 25 June 1913.

He married Heather May Jones (1910–1998) in Leongatha, in 1941.

## Football

Cleared from Maffra to Footscray in May 1934.

## Cricket

He was also a well-performed cricketer.

## Military service

Pollard later served in the Australian Army during World War II.

## Death

He died at the Repatriation General Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria, on 10 November 1966.

